CVM Store: Visual Music DVDs, Videos, Books, Journals, Catalogs

 

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Our store offers work by Jordan Belson, Stan Brakhage, Jim Davis, Maya Deren, Scott Draves, David Ehrlich, Jim Ellis, Oskar Fischinger, Dwinell Grant, Ken Jacobs, Ken Jenkins, Neli Duan Jia, Samantha Krukowski, David Lebrun, Len Lye, Norman McLaren, Glenn McKay, Jonas Mekas, Ronald Nameth, Baerbel Neubauer, Hans Richter, Jurgen Reble, Harry Smith, Michael Snow, George Stadnik, Emile Tobenfeld, Stan Vanderbeek, Joshua White, Thomas Wilfred and others.

  NEW Jordan Belson on DVD!

 

 

This page contains Classic Visual Music titles


New Jordan Belson: 5 Essential Films DVD (2007). Contains Allures, Samadhi, Light, Fountain of Dreams (never before released) and Epilogue. 1961 - 2005. "Jordan Belson is one of the greatest artists of visual music. Belson creates lush vibrant experiences of exquisite color and dynamic abstract phenomena evoking sacred celestial experiences." - William Moritz. Curated by Belson, Produced/Released by CVM, 2007. NTSC, Region-free. Approx 45 mins. More information about the DVD here

Private home use ONLY, $25.   Institutions $150 (For classroom and library use only. Does not include public performance rights, may not be used for public screenings or any type of museum/gallery exhibitions.)

Note to international customers, shipping rates are lower if you order here

 


CVM Release - Oskar Fischinger: Ten Films DVD (2006)

Films include Spirals, Study Nr. 6, Study Nr. 7, Kreise (Circles), Allegretto, Radio Dynamics, Motion Painting no. 1; plus three of Fischinger's very first films: Wax Experiments, Spiritual Constructions, and Walking from Munich to Berlin. Bonus features include Home Movies from Fischinger's Berlin Studio c. 1931, never-released early experiments and animation tests, a selection of paintings and photographs, film notes and a biography. NTSC, region-free. $30 private home use, $200 institutions. (For classroom and library use only. Does not include public performance rights, may not be used for public screenings or museum/gallery exhibitions)

Purchase for private home use: $30. For home use ONLY, no other permissions are included, use for any public performance or display is not permitted. Note to international customers, shipping rates are lower if you order through the special order page

Purchase for University or Library use: $200. Use this link to order for institutions, with a limited educational license (public performance rights are not included, permissions are for classroom and library use only.)

 


5 Wilfred Lumia compositions from the Epstein Collection. DVD, 2007.

Excerpts from 5 Lumia compositions by Thomas Wilfred. Wilfred was a pioneer of Light Art, and coined the term Lumia to refer to an independent, silent art form. His Lumia compositions have recently been featured in major museum exhibitions including the Hirshhorn/MOCA LA's Visual Music, Centre Pompidou's Sons et Lumieres, Tate Liverpool - Whitney Museum's Summer of Love, and numerous others. Available for the first time on DVD are selections from Opus 161 'Untitled' (1966), Opus 140 "Visual Counterpoint" (1948), Opus 79 "Multidimensional" (1939), as well as from Clavilux Juniors nos. 91 and 95. All from the Epstein Collection. NTSC.

 

$30 private home use, $100 institutions. (For classroom and library use only. Does not include public performance rights, may not be used for public screenings or exhibitions)

 


 

Cinema DADA (Import - PAL only). DVD plus 33 page booklet (English and French). Contains Eggeling's Symphonie Diagonale, Man Ray's Retour a la Raison and Emak Bakia, Clair/Picabia's Entr'acte, Leger/Murphy's Ballet Mecanique, Richter's Rhythmus 21, Filmstudie and Ghosts Before Breakfast. Co-produced by Re:Voir and Centre Pompidou for the recent DADA exhibition. Available in PAL only (will not play on standard US dvd players, but on most computers).

Private home use $40.   Institutions $200 (does not include public performance rights)


On Jim Davis: Horizons of Light. DVD plus 67 page booklet (English and French), Edited by Robert Haller. Published by Anthology Film Archives and Re:Voir, 2006. NTSC DVD.

$35. (does not include public performance rights)

ALSO AVAILABLE : Jim Davis 3 DVD set, published by Anthology Film Archives


      

 

The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger. Videotape, NTSC (2004). Contains Spirals, Spiritual Constructions, Study 6, Liebesspiel, Radio Dynamics, and Motion Painting No. 1. Released by CVM and The Elfriede Fischinger Trust, December 2004. For more Fischinger: Please see our Fischinger store page for other Fischinger-related material, including the Camera 3 series Documentary featuring William Moritz and Elfriede Fischinger. NOTE: This is a VHS VIDEOTAPE

Private home use $40.   Institutions $150 (does not include public performance rights)


 

Jordan Belson : Mysterious Journey. VHS video. "A lyric, poetic, and visionary trip through outer and inner space. Beautiful and profound, spiritual and sensual, speaks the language of the soul." (liner notes) 1997, VHS Videotape, NTSC, 30 mins (images courtesy Jordan Belson).

 

 

Private home use $35         Institutions $150 (does not include public performance rights)


Dwinell Grant: Eight Films (1940-1960). Video. Contains Themis, Contrathemis, Abstract Experiments, Spelean Dance, Color Sequence, Theme and Variations, Fugue, Pepsi Commercials. Grant began making abstract animation films in 1940 and continued over the next 10 years with five completed compositions and a number of short experiments. In 1941-42 he was assistant to Hilla Rebay, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and was also a member of American Abstract Artists. In 1948 Grant received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, for the purpose of developing a theory of abstract film composition roughly on a level with theory of composition for music. (Russett & Starr, Experimental Animation). Video, ntsc, 26 min, color, silent (except commercials). View artwork by Dwinell Grant

Private home use $75.         Institutions $125. (does not include public performance rights)


Dwinell Grant: Dream Fantasies, A Study in Visual Counterpoint (1986). Video. Abstract color animation and still photography of female nudes, with computer-generated music create by the filmmaker. Video, ntsc, 24 min. Available by special order.

Private home use $65.         Institutions $125. (does not include public performance rights)


Stan Brakhage: Anticipation of the Night. 1958, color. This title is not included in the Criterion Collection's DVD release of Stan Brakhage's films. "Brakhage's lyrical films treat light as a liquid rather than a solid substance, and celebrate it in all its variety." - (Fred Camper). Published by Re:Voir, 39 minutes, Video, NTSC. One available!

Private home use $40.         Institutions $200 (permits screening for non-paying audience in an institutional context)


Stan Vanderbeek: Visibles 1959-1972. Includes Science Friction; A La Mode; Breathdeath; Poemfield No 2; Symmetricks;Achoo Mr.Kerrooschev; See Saw Seems; Panels for the Walls of the World; and Oh. With 16 page bilingual booklet. Published by Re:Voir, 105 minutes, Video, NTSC. Only a few left

 

Private home use $40.         Institutions $200 (permits screening for non-paying audience in an institutional context)


  Harry Smith, Early Abstractions,Anthology Film Archive release, for private home use only. Video, NTSC. $60

 

 

Harry Smith, Late Superimpositions,Anthology Film Archive release, for private home use only. Video, NTSC. $60



Len Lye, Rhythms. Twelve restored films: A Colour Box, Free Radicals, Kaleidoscope, Rainbow Dance, Color Cry, Trade Tattoo, Particles in Space, Tal Farlow, Rhythm and other films, with 28 page booklet. Published by Re:Voir, 2001 release, Video, NTSC, TRT 47 mins. out of print


 

 


Stan Brakhage, Handpainted Films. Eleven silent hand painted films including Night Music, Autumnal, Study in Color and Black and White, Night Music, Ephemeral Solidarity and others. With liner notes by Brakhage. Published by Re:Voir, Video, NTSC. TRT: Approx 40 mins.

 

 

Private home use $40.         Institutions $200 (permits screening for non-paying audience in an institutional context)


 

David Lebrun, Tanka.Tanka means, literally, "a thing rolled up". Photographed from Tibetan scroll paintings of the 16th to 19th centuries, Tanka is a cyclical vision of ancient gods and demons, an animated journey through the image world of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Video, NTSC.

 

Private home use: $19.95        Institutions: $100 (permits screening for non-paying audience in an educational institution only)


Michael Snow Presents. Includes a 40-page booklet of texts on the film. Snow invites us to contemplate and put into question his chosen medium, in an oscillation between what is represented and its process and material. Published by Re:Voir, Video, NTSC, 90 mins.

 

Private home use: $40        Institutions: $200 (permits screening for non-paying audience in an institutional context)


Jurgen Reble, Passion. (1989-1990)

Includes Rumpelstilzchen and Passion. Reble focuses on exploring the film material through bacterial processes, weathering, and chemical treatment during and after development. Rumpelstilzchen and Passion are hand-developed films about creation, evolution, and destruction. Reble also does live performances developing and decomposing film loops using chemicals, acids, and silver-replacing agents. Published by Re:Voir, Video, NTSC, 69 mins.

Private home use: $40        Institutions: $200 (permits screening for non-paying audience in an institutional context)



Ordering Information:

Via Credit Card - click the order button next to each item; or call CVM with your order at 213-683-1514.

Via Check - For dvds, videos and books, add $5.50 shipping for first item, .75 for each additional item. CA residents please add 8.25% tax.
Via University/Institutional PO - contact us at CVM Store. NOTE: Institutional rates listed do not include public performance rights, only classroom and library use are permitted. Museum exhibitions do NOT fall under these categories; usage in museum or gallery exhibitions is not permitted for any of the dvds or videos sold by CVM, please inquire for information on additional permissions and procedures for such requests.

Mailing address: Center for Visual Music, 453 South Spring Street, Suite 834, Los Angeles CA 90013. DVDs & Videotapes are also available for pickup, by appointment only, at our downtown Los Angeles Gallery Row office (213-683-1514).

Prices listed do not include shipping. Please allow up to 2 weeks to fulfill order; most ship within 3 business days.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept returns unless product is defective.


 

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